Astronomy

(Wright On Marketing & Communications) There has been a fierce debate over the last decade or so about the health benefits of omega-6 fatty acids. One side believes they are too ubiquitous in the diet and fuel the inflammation…

A stellar flare 10 times more powerful than anything seen on our Sun has burst from an ultracool star almost the same size as JupiterCredit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick Coolest and smallest star to produce a superflare found…

This discovery cements the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds, and marks the first complete and dynamically full planetary system around a binary star. A team of astronomers, including Nader Haghighipour from…

Two new studies by UA space scientists may bring into question the habitability of TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Since its discovery in 2016, planetary scientists have been excited about TRAPPIST-1, a system where seven…

A team of astronomers led by the UNIGE has discovered five new planets with periods of revolution between 15 and 40 years; it took 20 years of regular observations to achieve this result Over 4000 exoplanets have been discovered since the…

Two dense, city-sized stars collided in a galaxy far, far away; the resulting X-rays give UNLV's Bing Zhang and international team of astronomers a new way to spot when it happens and a rare glimpse into how neutron stars formCredit:…

Orbiting a nearby star, the new planet is the smallest identified so far by the TESS mission NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet. The planet, named HD 21749c, is the smallest…

Credit: NASA/JPLCaltech/T. Pyle Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system's title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, a…

IAU and Shaw Prize sign agreement to cooperate in promoting astronomyCredit: IAU/L. Calçada The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the astronomical branch of the Shaw Prize have initiated collaborative projects to promote both…

Credit: Image courtesy of Charles Kerton/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Astronomers from the United States and South Korea have made the first high-resolution, radio telescope observations of the molecular clouds within a…